who has the most career receiving yards by a halfback through 1998

Before 1999, Ronnie Harmon had the most receiving yards by a running back, with 6,076 yards.

	NAME	REC YDS	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Ronnie Harmon R. Harmon	6,076	181	582	10.4	33.6	24	2,774	615	4.5	15.3	10
2	Keith Byars K. Byars	5,661	189	610	9.3	30.0	31	3,109	865	3.6	16.4	23
3	Marcus Allen M. Allen	5,411	222	587	9.2	24.4	21	12,243	3,022	4.1	55.1	123
4	Roger Craig R. Craig	4,911	165	566	8.7	29.8	17	8,189	1,991	4.1	49.6	56
5	Herschel Walker H. Walker	4,859	187	512	9.5	26.0	21	8,225	1,954	4.2	44.0	61
6	John L. Williams J. L. Williams	4,656	149	546	8.5	31.2	19	5,006	1,245	4.0	33.6	18
7	Earnest Byner E. Byner	4,605	211	512	9.0	21.8	15	8,261	2,095	3.9	39.2	56
8	Walter Payton W. Payton	4,538	190	492	9.2	23.9	15	16,726	3,838	4.4	88.0	110
9	Thurman Thomas T. Thomas	4,304	168	453	9.5	25.6	21	11,786	2,813	4.2	70.2	65
10	Lenny Moore L. Moore	4,087	111	248	16.5	36.8	29	4,016	859	4.7	36.2	50
11	Tony Galbreath T. Galbreath	4,066	170	490	8.3	23.9	9	4,072	1,031	3.9	24.0	34
12	Larry Centers L. Centers	3,936	110	469	8.4	35.8	16	1,584	492	3.2	14.4	10
13	John David Crow J. David Crow	3,699	125	258	14.3	29.6	35	4,963	1,157	4.3	39.7	38
14	James Brooks J. Brooks	3,621	162	383	9.5	22.4	30	7,962	1,685	4.7	49.1	49
15	Tony Nathan T. Nathan	3,592	123	383	9.4	29.2	16	3,543	732	4.8	28.8	16
16	Ray Renfro R. Renfro	3,576	90	174	20.6	39.7	35	682	137	5.0	7.6	4
17	Tony Dorsett T. Dorsett	3,554	173	398	8.9	20.5	13	12,739	2,936	4.3	73.6	77
18	Abner Haynes A. Haynes	3,535	112	287	12.3	31.6	20	4,630	1,036	4.5	41.3	46
19	James Wilder J. Wilder	3,500	129	431	8.1	27.1	10	6,008	1,586	3.8	46.6	37
20	Joe Washington J. Washington	3,413	119	395	8.6	28.7	18	4,839	1,195	4.0	40.7	12
21	Timmy Brown T. Brown	3,399	108	235	14.5	31.5	26	3,862	889	4.3	35.8	31
22	Clem Daniels C. Daniels	3,314	96	203	16.3	34.5	24	5,140	1,145	4.5	53.5	30
23	Rickey Young R. Young	3,285	131	408	8.1	25.1	16	3,666	1,011	3.6	28.0	23
24	Frank Gifford F. Gifford	3,260	83	239	13.6	39.3	22	3,422	783	4.4	41.2	30
25	Hugh McElhenny H. McElhenny	3,247	143	264	12.3	22.7	20	5,281	1,124	4.7	36.9	38

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